Who writes African economic history?

Johan Fourie

No 09/2019, Working Papers from Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Much has been said about the rise, or `renaissance', of African economic history. What has received far less attention is who is producing this research. Using a complete dataset of articles in the top four economic history journals, I document the rise in African economic history in the last two decades. I show that although there has indeed been an increase in papers on Africa, it has included little work by Africans. I then attempt to explain why this is so, and motivate why this should matter. The good news is that, mostly owing to efforts by the academic community, more is being done to encourage African inclusion. I conclude with a few suggestions on how to make more African scholars part of the renaissance of African economic history.

Keywords: economic history; Africa; bibliometric; citations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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